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[quote=Anonymous]You didn't talk at all about what kind of support network you'd have. Tell us about your village. Tell us about your savings. You realize this deaf kid in China may not speak ASL, right?

Generally foster agencies want people to foster who have the goal of the child reuniting with their biological family, not people who want to adopt. Are you going to be okay giving back a child you may have fallen in love with?

Also, 30 isn't old. You are only going to get older, and while a man might be psyched to marry a 34 or 37 yr old he might not be as enthusiastic to marry a 34 or 37 yr old with an adopted special needs child. So are you okay if you wind up NEVER getting married? Are you sure you won't wind up resentful of a child if they are the reason men break up with you when they find out you're dealing with a deaf Chinese boy who has RAD, for example?

I'm not anti-adoption, but it's a HUGE undertaking for a couple, and more than TWICE as hard for a single person. [/quote]

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